Mark Rowe (boxer)
{{short description|English boxer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2015}}
{{Infobox boxer
| name = Mark Rowe
| image =
| real_name = Mark W. Rowe
| nickname =
| weight = light middle/middle/light heavyweight
| height = 5 ft 10 in
| reach =
| nationality = English
| birth_date = {{birth date|1947|07|12|df=y}}
| birth_place = Camberwell, England
| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|12|27|1947|07|21|df=y}}
| death_place =
| stance =
| total = 47
| wins = 38 (KO 28)
| losses = 8 (KO 5)
| draws = 1
| no_contests =
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Boxing}}
{{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|British Empire & Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalGold| 1966 Kingston | 71 kg light-middleweight}}
}}
Mark Rowe (born 12 July 1947{{cite web|url=http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=Pqvjk%2B1ra37O8Ibmqb4ZtQ&scan=1|title=Birth details at freebmd.org.uk|publisher=freebmd.org.uk|date=31 December 2012|accessdate=1 January 2013}} in Camberwell) is an English amateur light middleweight and professional light middle/middle/light heavyweight boxer of the 1960s and '70s.
Boxing career
As an amateur he was runner-up for the 1966 Amateur Boxing Association of England Light middleweight (71 kg) title, against Thomas "Tom" Imrie[http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=80959&cat=boxer] (Bucchleuch BC),{{cite web|url=http://www.abae.co.uk/aba/index.cfm/boxers/roll-of-honour/elite-abae-championship/1980-19891/1966/|title=1966 79th ABAE National Championship|publisher=abae.co.uk|date=31 December 2012|accessdate=1 January 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20131113141229/http://www.abae.co.uk/aba/index.cfm/boxers/roll-of-honour/elite-abae-championship/1980-19891/1966/|archivedate=13 November 2013}} boxing out of Fitzroy Lodge ABC.
He represented England and won a gold medal at light middleweight beating Thomas "Tom" Imrie (Scotland) in the boxing at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica, Jamaica.{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/kingston-1966/athletes|title=1966 Athletes|publisher=Team England}}{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/kingston-1966|title=Kingston, Jamaica, 1966 Team|publisher=Team England}}{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/43692|title=Athletes and results|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation}}
As a professional he won the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) British middleweight, and Commonwealth middleweight title, and was a challenger for the BBBofC British middleweight title against Bunny Sterling, his professional fighting weight varied from {{convert|154|lb|kg stlb||abbr=on}}, i.e. light middleweight to {{convert|162|lb|kg stlb||abbr=on}}, i.e. light heavyweight.{{cite web|url=http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=24405&cat=boxer|title=Statistics at boxrec.com|publisher=boxrec.com|date=31 December 2012|accessdate=1 January 2013}}
References
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External links
- {{Boxrec|id=24405}}
- [http://static.boxrec.com/2/24/Mark_Rowe2.jpg Image - Mark Rowe]
{{Footer Commonwealth Champions Light Middleweight}}
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Category:Boxers at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
Category:Light-heavyweight boxers
Category:Light-middleweight boxers
Category:People from Camberwell
Category:Boxers from the London Borough of Southwark
Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing
Category:Medallists at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
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